Editing Dominant-party system (section)

== Methods of dominant-party governments ==
In dominant-party governments, they use institutional channels, rather than repression, to influence the population.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Frantz |first=Erica |date=2018-11-15 |title=Authoritarianism |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/wentk/9780190880194.001.0001 |doi=10.1093/wentk/9780190880194.001.0001|isbn=978-0-19-088019-4 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Coercive distribution can control citizens and economic elites through land reform, poverty alleviation, public health, housing, education, and employment programs.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hassan |first1=Mai |last2=Mattingly |first2=Daniel |last3=Nugent |first3=Elizabeth R. |date=2022-05-12 |title=Political Control |journal=Annual Review of Political Science |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=155–174 |doi=10.1146/annurev-polisci-051120-013321 |issn=1094-2939|doi-access=free }}</ref> Further, they distribute private goods to the winning coalition (people who are necessary for its reign) in order to stay in power.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Newton |first=Kenneth |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1156414956 |title=Foundations of comparative politics : democracies of the modern world |date=December 24, 2020 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-92494-8 |oclc=1156414956}}</ref> Giving the winning coalition private goods also prevents civil conflict.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Meng |first=Anne |date=2019-09-25 |title=Ruling Parties in Authoritarian Regimes: Rethinking Institutional Strength |journal=British Journal of Political Science |volume=51 |issue=2 |pages=526–540 |doi=10.1017/s0007123419000115 |s2cid=204450972 |issn=0007-1234|doi-access=free }}</ref> They also use the education system to teach and uphold compliance. The recruiting, disciplining, and training of teachers allow for authoritarian governments to control teachers into following their objective: to foster compliance from the youth.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Weigele |first1=Annika |last2=Brandt |first2=Cyril Owen |date=January 2022 |title='Just keep silent'. Teaching under the control of authoritarian governments: A qualitative study of government schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102497 |journal=International Journal of Educational Development |volume=88 |pages=102497 |doi=10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102497 |s2cid=245164001 |issn=0738-0593|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Another way that they maintain control is through hosting elections. Even though they would not be fair elections, hosting them allows citizens to feel that they have some control and a political outlet.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hong |first1=Hao |last2=Wong |first2=Tsz-Ning |date=2020-05-05 |title=Authoritarian election as an incentive scheme |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0951629820910563 |journal=Journal of Theoretical Politics |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=460–493 |doi=10.1177/0951629820910563 |s2cid=13901166 |issn=0951-6298|url-access=subscription }}</ref> They can also enhance rule within their own state through international collaboration, by supporting and gaining the support, especially economic support, of other similar governments.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=von Soest |first=Christian |date=2015-10-25 |title=Democracy prevention: The international collaboration of authoritarian regimes |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12100 |journal=European Journal of Political Research |volume=54 |issue=4 |pages=623–638 |doi=10.1111/1475-6765.12100 |issn=0304-4130|url-access=subscription }}</ref>